diff --git a/src/cpl_cli/command/new_service.py b/src/cpl_cli/command/new_service.py
index e01bbf92..387cf8ce 100644
--- a/src/cpl_cli/command/new_service.py
+++ b/src/cpl_cli/command/new_service.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ from typing import Optional
 
 from packaging import version
 
+import cpl_cli
 import cpl_core
 from cpl_cli.configuration.venv_helper_service import VenvHelper
 from cpl_cli.source_creator.unittest_builder import UnittestBuilder
@@ -107,6 +108,9 @@ class NewService(CommandABC):
             ProjectSettingsNameEnum.dependencies.value: [
                 f'cpl-core>={version.parse(cpl_core.__version__)}'
             ],
+            ProjectSettingsNameEnum.dev_dependencies.value: [
+                f'cpl-cli>={version.parse(cpl_cli.__version__)}'
+            ],
             ProjectSettingsNameEnum.python_version.value: f'>={sys.version.split(" ")[0]}',
             ProjectSettingsNameEnum.python_path.value: {
                 sys.platform: '../../venv/bin/python' if self._use_venv else ''
diff --git a/src/cpl_cli/cpl-cli.json b/src/cpl_cli/cpl-cli.json
index f0b0ebb9..95803358 100644
--- a/src/cpl_cli/cpl-cli.json
+++ b/src/cpl_cli/cpl-cli.json
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
     "Dependencies": [
       "cpl-core>=2022.6.17.dev8"
     ],
+    "DevDependencies": [],
     "PythonVersion": ">=3.10",
     "PythonPath": {
       "linux": "../../venv"
diff --git a/src/cpl_core/cpl-core.json b/src/cpl_core/cpl-core.json
index 37028396..fb2e6f38 100644
--- a/src/cpl_core/cpl-core.json
+++ b/src/cpl_core/cpl-core.json
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
       "watchdog==2.1.7",
       "wheel==0.37.1"
     ],
+    "DevDependencies": [],
     "PythonVersion": ">=3.10",
     "PythonPath": {},
     "Classifiers": []
diff --git a/src/cpl_query/cpl-query.json b/src/cpl_query/cpl-query.json
index 355d295b..3fde0ce7 100644
--- a/src/cpl_query/cpl-query.json
+++ b/src/cpl_query/cpl-query.json
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
     "LicenseName": "MIT",
     "LicenseDescription": "MIT, see LICENSE for more details.",
     "Dependencies": [],
+    "DevDependencies": [],
     "PythonVersion": ">=3.10",
     "PythonPath": {},
     "Classifiers": []